Feel a bit worried :(

[Michy0202]

Hi I'm only 16 and I suffer from pretty bad health anxiety. I was feeling my collar bone the other day( I'm very thin so everything is easy to feel) and at the end of the clavicle below the collar bone by the arm I can feel this squishy thing. It is partially on the bone and partially off. I'm not sure if it is a lymph node. I have always been able to feel my lymph nodes in various places and it has been one of my biggest fears when I have been able to feel them. I think I can move it, it is hard to move on the bone but I think it does and it moves underneath the bone. I feel really scared...dies anyone else have or had something similar:weep:

[Lucy11]

Is it not a tendon that you have just never noticed?

[Michy0202]

I'm not sure can tendons be felt on the bone?

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I'm not sure. Can tendons partially be felt on the bone?

[Lucy11]

May depen

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Sorry, may depend on position you're in and how hard you are pushing/pressing.

[Michy0202]

It's by the acromioclavicular joint. It's quite squishy and it moves depending what position I am in

[bingjam]

I have little moveable bits all over my collar bone. Never been worried over them theyve been there for a long time, theres always lumps and bumps on bones on everyone x

[Michy0202]

Do you have one that is underneath your collarbone where the acromioclavicular joint is

[Lucy11]

Gosh you know the parts of the body! You obviously listen in your biology lessons! Have never heard of it but there must be a tendon there and as they are fibrous it would feel squashy.

[Michy0202]

To be honest, I didn't get my knowledge from biology, I got it from the internet because of my health anxiety

[LunaLiuna]

Hey Michy, sorry I didn't reply to your PM the other day!

After feeling my collar bone just then I can feel a bumpy thing, almost node size. It's in the dip of my neck. I'm sure it's fine, as long as it's not hurting or swollen so that you can see it I wouldn't worry. As Lucy mentioned there is a lot of muscle there so I wouldn't be surprised if that was what it really was.

I hope your feeling better soon :hugs:

[Lucy11]

I'm sure you're fine poppet, I am very slim and you can feel bits that perhaps those with a bit more meat on them can't! If I knew how to I would lock health info sites down on my I pad and laptop but unfortunately I don't! Do you not fancy trying this, oh and I found turning up my music and doing some exercise helped me!

[Michy0202]

Yeah I definitely need to stop going on google...it's terrifying me. I think it may be one of the ligaments but I am still wondering why I can't feel it as much on the other side. Glad you are okay, I wondered if something was wrong with you when you didn't reply :)

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I do try and distract myself and sometimes it works but other times it takes hold of me and I cannot get out of it. It's kind of a pain being really thin. I wish I had a bit more because I wouldn't be able to feel things as much